MOSCARDO, Lodovico, comte - Lot 30

MOSCARDO, Lodovico, comte Note overo memorie del museo du Lodovico Moscardo nobile veronese Padua, Paolo Frambotto, 1656 DESCRIPTION OF ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CURIOSITY CABINETS OF THE XVIIth CENTURY. WITH THE PLATE OF PRIAPIC FIGURES. EXEMPLAIRE OF NICOLAS-JOSEPH FOUCAULT THEN OF THE COUNTS OF MACCLESFIELD ORIGINAL EDITION In-folio (308 x 210 mm). Engraved initials and decorative plates. COLLATION: π4 s6 A4 B-Z4 2A-P4 2Q2-2R6 ILLUSTRATION: 1 copper-engraved frontispiece after Alberto Pasi, 114 copper engravings in the text, depicting animals, minerals and other facetious objects CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Granite calf, spine decorated, speckled edges. PROVENANCE: Nicolas-Joseph Foucault (1643-1721; ex libris) -- Earls of Macclesfield (ex libris and small cold stamp from the North Library; London, October 30, 2007, no. 3675) -- Librairie Lardanchet, Cat. February 2008, no. 10 -- Paris, December 8, 2017, no. 48 Restoration to the head and tail of the copy After purchasing Francesco Calzolari's collection of curiosities, Lodovico Moscardo expanded it with new works throughout his life. The book is divided into three parts, dealing successively with antiquities, minerals and fossils, followed by shells, fruits and animals. BIBLIOGRAPHY : Nissen ZBI 2898 -- Rooms of wonder, New York, The Grolier Club, 2012, no. 16 -- P.A. Saccardo, La Botanica in Italia, I, 1895, no. 114 -- Tous les savoirs du monde, BnF, p. 294